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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boddam_Harbour_Aberdeenshire.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Boddam_Harbour_Aberdeenshire.jpg/240px-Boddam_Harbour_Aberdeenshire.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Boddam_Harbour_Aberdeenshire.jpg/360px-Boddam_Harbour_Aberdeenshire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Boddam_Harbour_Aberdeenshire.jpg/480px-Boddam_Harbour_Aberdeenshire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span><div>Boddam Harbour</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Aberdeenshire_UK_location_map.svg/240px-Aberdeenshire_UK_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="211" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Aberdeenshire_UK_location_map.svg/360px-Aberdeenshire_UK_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Aberdeenshire_UK_location_map.svg/480px-Aberdeenshire_UK_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="1253" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:26.648%;left:96.395%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Boddam"><img alt="Boddam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:4px;left:-3em"><div>Boddam</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within <a href="/wiki/Aberdeenshire" title="Aberdeenshire">Aberdeenshire</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">1,220 (2022)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bing.com/maps/?mkt=en-gb&v=2&cp=57.469874~-1.778251&lvl=13&sp=Point.57.469874_-1.778251_Boddam&sty=s&style=s">NK134422</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Scotland" title="Subdivisions of Scotland">Council area</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aberdeenshire" title="Aberdeenshire">Aberdeenshire</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenancy_areas_of_Scotland" title="Lieutenancy areas of Scotland">Lieutenancy area</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Kingdom">Postcode district</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/AB_postcode_area" title="AB postcode area">AB42</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Dialling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">01779</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Police</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Police_Scotland" title="Police Scotland">Scotland</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" 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class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aberdeenshire_North_and_Moray_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeenshire North and Moray East (UK Parliament constituency)">Aberdeenshire North and Moray East</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_constituencies_and_electoral_regions" title="Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions">Scottish Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banffshire_and_Buchan_Coast_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Banffshire and Buchan Coast (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Banffshire and Buchan Coast</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output 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.geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Boddam,_Aberdeenshire&params=57.4702_N_1.7775_W_region:GB_type:city(1220)"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">57°28′13″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°46′39″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">57.4702°N 1.7775°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">57.4702; -1.7775</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Boddam</b> is a coastal village in <a href="/wiki/Aberdeenshire_(unitary)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aberdeenshire (unitary)">Aberdeenshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>. It is 29 miles (47 km) north of <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen" title="Aberdeen">Aberdeen</a> and 3 miles (4.8 km) south of <a href="/wiki/Peterhead" title="Peterhead">Peterhead</a>. The settlement of <a href="/wiki/Stirling,_Aberdeenshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Stirling, Aberdeenshire">Stirling Village</a> lies immediately to the west. Sea cliffs rise to 200 feet (61 m), south of the village: a coastal path leads along these to the <a href="/wiki/Bullers_of_Buchan" title="Bullers of Buchan">Bullers of Buchan</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boddam,_Aberdeenshire&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is vicinity evidence of <a href="/wiki/Prehistoric" class="mw-redirect" title="Prehistoric">prehistoric</a> man, particularly slightly to the southwest of Boddam where a number of <a href="/wiki/Prehistoric" class="mw-redirect" title="Prehistoric">prehistoric</a> monuments including <a href="/wiki/Catto_Long_Barrow" class="mw-redirect" title="Catto Long Barrow">Catto Long Barrow</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Silver_Cairn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Silver Cairn (page does not exist)">Silver Cairn</a> and many tumuli are found. In that same vicinity of the <a href="/wiki/Laeca_Burn" title="Laeca Burn">Laeca Burn</a> watershed is the <a href="/wiki/Point_d%27appui" title="Point d'appui">point d'appui</a> of historic battles between invading <a href="/wiki/Danes_(Germanic_tribe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Danes (Germanic tribe)">Danes</a> and indigenous <a href="/wiki/Pict" class="mw-redirect" title="Pict">Picts</a>. </p><p>While human occupation in the vicinity of Boddam is attested to from <a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a> times with the <a href="/wiki/Quarry" title="Quarry">quarrying</a> of <a href="/wiki/Flint" title="Flint">flint</a> deposits at the Den of Boddam<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in more recent times by the fortified remains near the islet of Dundonnie just south of the modern-day village, for much of the early historical period there is little or no record of habitation in the location of the fishing settlement which grew up later. </p><p>Boddam Castle was built in the late 16th century by the Ludquharn branch of the <a href="/wiki/Clan_Keith" title="Clan Keith">Keith family</a>, whose other strongholds in the area are at <a href="/wiki/Inverugie_Castle" title="Inverugie Castle">Inverugie Castle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ravenscraig_Castle,_Aberdeenshire" title="Ravenscraig Castle, Aberdeenshire">Ravenscraig Castle</a>, west of Peterhead. <a href="/wiki/William_Keith_(Colonial_Governor)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Keith (Colonial Governor)">Sir William Keith</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_colonial_governors_of_Pennsylvania" title="List of colonial governors of Pennsylvania">Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania and Delaware</a>, was born here in 1669.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the First World War about a hundred German prisoners were sent from <a href="/wiki/Stobs_Camp" class="mw-redirect" title="Stobs Camp">Stobs Camp</a> to work in the granite quarries nearby.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fishing">Fishing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boddam,_Aberdeenshire&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Fishing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Like Peterhead, Boddam grew as a <a href="/wiki/Fishing_port" class="mw-redirect" title="Fishing port">fishing town</a> during the 18th century but until 1831, when the first of two harbours was constructed (one by William Aiton and his company)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to the north of the lighthouse, boats had to be hauled onto shore by hand.<br /> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boddam_Harbour_Aberdeenshire.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Boddam_Harbour_Aberdeenshire.jpg/200px-Boddam_Harbour_Aberdeenshire.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Boddam_Harbour_Aberdeenshire.jpg/300px-Boddam_Harbour_Aberdeenshire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Boddam_Harbour_Aberdeenshire.jpg/400px-Boddam_Harbour_Aberdeenshire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>Boddam Harbour with lobster pots</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Value_of_fish_landed_in_Boddam_1893-1914.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Value_of_fish_landed_in_Boddam_1893-1914.png/450px-Value_of_fish_landed_in_Boddam_1893-1914.png" decoding="async" width="450" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Value_of_fish_landed_in_Boddam_1893-1914.png/675px-Value_of_fish_landed_in_Boddam_1893-1914.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Value_of_fish_landed_in_Boddam_1893-1914.png/900px-Value_of_fish_landed_in_Boddam_1893-1914.png 2x" data-file-width="1175" data-file-height="559" /></a><figcaption>Value of Fish Landed in Boddam 1893-1914</figcaption></figure> <p>A marine villa, known as the Earl's Lodge, was built in 1840 for <a href="/wiki/George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen" title="George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen">George Hamilton-Gordon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marquess_of_Aberdeen_and_Temair" title="Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair">Earl of Aberdeen</a> (later <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a>) and in 1842 he initiated construction of the second harbour situated next to the first, leading to a considerable increase in the local fishing industry and Registered Port status in 1845. By the mid-1840s the population of the expanded and improved village had grown to 526 inhabitants, with 22 haddock boats and 23 larger herring boats working from the harbour for the seasonal fisheries (March to July, and July to September respectively). 12 boats were employed during the winter months in the cod and white fisheries.<sup id="cite_ref-lewis_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lewis-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Harbour widening followed in 1878, and by 1881 there were 200 drifters based at Boddam. However, in an ironic twist this very growth led to an inevitable decline as Peterhead lying just to the north benefited from the far greater harbour space available for the continually growing fishing fleet. </p><p>On 4 October 1881 7 fisherman, including the skipper, William Walker, were lost on the "Alice" in the storm generally referred to as the <a href="/wiki/Eyemouth_Disaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Eyemouth Disaster">Eyemouth Disaster</a>. Their bodies were washed up in the <a href="/wiki/Firth_of_Forth" title="Firth of Forth">Firth of Forth</a> and they are buried together in <a href="/wiki/Inveresk" title="Inveresk">Inveresk</a> churchyard. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Buchan_Ness_lighthouse">Buchan Ness lighthouse</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boddam,_Aberdeenshire&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Buchan Ness lighthouse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Lighthouse</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn">Buchan Ness Lighthouse<span style="font-style: italic;"></span><span class="qs" style="display: none;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://quickstatements.toolforge.org/#/v1=Q12034939%7CP31%7CQ39715%7C%7CQ12034939%7CP625%7C@57.470449%2F-1.774452%7CS143%7CQ328%7C%7CQ12034939%7CP571%7C%2B1824-00-00T00%3A00%3A00Z%2F9%7CS143%7CQ328%7C%7CQ12034939%7CP793%7CQ24410992%7CP585%7C%2B1988-00-00T00%3A00%3A00Z%2F9%7CS143%7CQ328%7C%7CQ12034939%7CP2048%7C36U11573%7CS143%7CQ328%7C%7CQ12034939%7CP2923%7C40U11573%7CS143%7CQ328%7C%7CQ12034939%7CP2929%7C18U93318%7CS143%7CQ328%7C%7CQ12034939%7CP1030%7C%22Fl%20W%205s.%22%7CS143%7CQ328%7C%7CQ12034939%7CP18%7C%22Buchan%20Ness%20%2820893392170%29.jpg%22%7CS143%7CQ328%7CP2096%7Cen%3A%22Buchan%20Ness%20%28also%20spelled%20Buchanness%29%20Lighthouse%22"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Commons_to_Wikidata_QuickStatements.svg/20px-Commons_to_Wikidata_QuickStatements.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Commons_to_Wikidata_QuickStatements.svg/30px-Commons_to_Wikidata_QuickStatements.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Commons_to_Wikidata_QuickStatements.svg/40px-Commons_to_Wikidata_QuickStatements.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></span></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Buchan_Ness_(20893392170).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Buchan_Ness_%2820893392170%29.jpg/220px-Buchan_Ness_%2820893392170%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Buchan_Ness_%2820893392170%29.jpg/330px-Buchan_Ness_%2820893392170%29.jpg 1.5x, 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src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,5,57.470449,-1.774452,270x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Boddam%2C_Aberdeenshire&revid=1258387016&groups=_8a0a316bce0adc4c58c1846b9e96df8b51cba752" width="270" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,5,57.470449,-1.774452,270x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Boddam%2C_Aberdeenshire&revid=1258387016&groups=_8a0a316bce0adc4c58c1846b9e96df8b51cba752 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label">Boddam<br /><a href="/wiki/Aberdeenshire" title="Aberdeenshire">Aberdeenshire</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/British_national_grid_reference_system" class="mw-redirect" title="British national grid reference system">OS grid</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion" style="white-space: nowrap"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Boddam,_Aberdeenshire&params=57.470433_N_1.774513_W_region:GB_scale:25000">NK1362442263</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Boddam,_Aberdeenshire&params=57.470449_N_1.774452_W_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">57°28′14″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°46′28″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">57.470449°N 1.774452°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">57.470449; -1.774452</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="background:#b9deed;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Tower</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Constructed</th><td class="infobox-data">1824</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Built by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Stevenson_(civil_engineer)" title="Robert Stevenson (civil engineer)">Robert Stevenson</a> <span class="penicon autoconfirmed-show"><span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12034939?uselang=en#P193" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Construction</th><td class="infobox-data">granite tower</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Automated</th><td class="infobox-data">1988</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">36 metres (118 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Shape</th><td class="infobox-data">cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Markings</th><td class="infobox-data note">white tower with a red band, red balcony, black lantern</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Power source</th><td class="infobox-data">mains electricity <span class="penicon autoconfirmed-show"><span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12034939?uselang=en#P618" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operator</th><td class="infobox-data">Buchan Ness Lighthouse Holidays <sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Heritage</th><td class="infobox-data">category A listed building <span class="penicon autoconfirmed-show"><span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12034939?uselang=en#P1435" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr style="background:#FAF884;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Light</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Focal height</th><td class="infobox-data">40 metres (130 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lens</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hyperradiant_Fresnel_lens" title="Hyperradiant Fresnel lens">hyperradiant Fresnel lens</a> <span class="penicon autoconfirmed-show"><span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12034939?uselang=en#P9597" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Range</th><td class="infobox-data">18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Light_characteristic" title="Light characteristic">Characteristic</a></th><td class="infobox-data note">Fl W 5s.</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The area around the headland of Buchan Ness was for many centuries the point from which trading and <a href="/wiki/History_of_whaling" title="History of whaling">whaling</a> voyages departed across open ocean, bound for <a href="/wiki/Arkhangelsk" title="Arkhangelsk">Archangel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spitsbergen" title="Spitsbergen">Spitsbergen</a> amongst other destinations.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Over time, many vessels had been run aground in poor weather and in 1819 petitions were sent to the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Lighthouse_Board" title="Northern Lighthouse Board">Northern Lighthouse Board</a> to erect a lighthouse in the vicinity. As Engineer to the board, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Stevenson_(civil_engineer)" title="Robert Stevenson (civil engineer)">Robert Stevenson</a> decided upon the present location; the granite-built construction being completed in 1824<sup id="cite_ref-McKean_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McKean-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the light established in 1827.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Buchanness_Lodge_Marine_Villa_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2136257.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Buchanness_Lodge_Marine_Villa_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2136257.jpg/220px-Buchanness_Lodge_Marine_Villa_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2136257.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Buchanness_Lodge_Marine_Villa_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2136257.jpg/330px-Buchanness_Lodge_Marine_Villa_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2136257.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Buchanness_Lodge_Marine_Villa_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2136257.jpg/440px-Buchanness_Lodge_Marine_Villa_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2136257.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3488" data-file-height="2616" /></a><figcaption>Buchanness Lodge Marine Villa, 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>The red band was painted in 1907 to help passing ships determine their location and for many years a foghorn (locally known as the Boddam <a href="/wiki/Cow" class="mw-redirect" title="Cow">Coo</a> or also as the Boddam Bear, prior to reequipping in 1978) was installed, this being officially turned off in 2000. </p><p>The lighthouse is 118 ft (36 m) high,<sup id="cite_ref-McKean_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McKean-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> flashing a white light every five seconds which with the current lamp is visible for 28 nautical miles (52 km). </p><p>The ruins are visible on the promontory of Buchanness Lodge, an <a href="/wiki/Italianate_architecture" title="Italianate architecture">Italianate</a> marine villa built in 1840 by <a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(architect)" title="John Smith (architect)">John Smith</a> for <a href="/wiki/Lord_Aberdeen" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Aberdeen">Lord Aberdeen</a>. Below the consoled <a href="/wiki/Pediment" title="Pediment">pediment</a> of the main door is inscribed <i>procul negotiis beautus</i>, which, roughly translated, means "lucky is the man who stays away from business".<sup id="cite_ref-McKean_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McKean-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arrival_of_the_railway">Arrival of the railway</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boddam,_Aberdeenshire&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Arrival of the railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although the railway reached Peterhead via <a href="/wiki/Maud,_Aberdeenshire" title="Maud, Aberdeenshire">Maud</a> in 1862, it was not until 2 August 1897 that the <a href="/wiki/Boddam_branch_line" title="Boddam branch line">Boddam branch line</a> from <a href="/wiki/Ellon,_Aberdeenshire" title="Ellon, Aberdeenshire">Ellon</a> to Boddam via <a href="/wiki/Cruden_Bay" title="Cruden Bay">Cruden Bay</a> was opened by the <a href="/wiki/Great_North_of_Scotland_Railway" title="Great North of Scotland Railway">Great North of Scotland Railway Company</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The financial performance of the branch line, and of the Cruden Bay Hotel were disappointing, and the line was closed to passengers during the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a> in 1932. Goods traffic continued for a time, but the entire branch line was closed completely ; Boddam Station finally being closed to all traffic on the last day of 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to the arrival of the branch from Ellon, the Government had constructed a line covering the two and a half miles between Peterhead prison and the Stirlinghill quarries in order to obtain granite for construction of the breakwater across Peterhead Bay. At the time this was the only state-owned railway in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="RAF_Buchan">RAF Buchan</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boddam,_Aberdeenshire&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: RAF Buchan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Peterhead_Power_Station_from_Boddam.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Peterhead_Power_Station_from_Boddam.JPG/220px-Peterhead_Power_Station_from_Boddam.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Peterhead_Power_Station_from_Boddam.JPG/330px-Peterhead_Power_Station_from_Boddam.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Peterhead_Power_Station_from_Boddam.JPG/440px-Peterhead_Power_Station_from_Boddam.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1369" data-file-height="1029" /></a><figcaption>Peterhead power station as seen from Boddam</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the opening of the nearby radar station at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Buchan" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Buchan">RAF Buchan</a> in 1952, a domestic site was opened on the site of the former <a href="/wiki/Terminal_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Terminal station">railway terminus</a>. The domestic site was closed in 2005 and sold to a private company.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The RAF Buchan operational site is retained by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> and known as <a href="/wiki/RRH_Buchan" title="RRH Buchan">Remote Radar Head Buchan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Peterhead_Power_Station">Peterhead Power Station</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boddam,_Aberdeenshire&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Peterhead Power Station"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Adjacent to the north side of the village is <a href="/wiki/Peterhead_Power_Station" title="Peterhead Power Station">Peterhead Power Station</a> (generating capacity: 2,390MW, limited to 1,550MW) on which construction commenced in May 1973, being brought into operation in 1980. Originally intended as a gas-powered station, it was later converted to burn gas or oil and is currently powered by the entire gas supply of the <a href="/wiki/Miller_oilfield" title="Miller oilfield">Miller Field</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/European_seabass" title="European seabass">Sea bass</a> may be caught in the vicinity of the warm water outlets, to which they are attracted. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Present_day">Present day</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boddam,_Aberdeenshire&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Present day"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boddam,_Aberdeenshire.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Boddam%2C_Aberdeenshire.JPG/220px-Boddam%2C_Aberdeenshire.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Boddam%2C_Aberdeenshire.JPG/330px-Boddam%2C_Aberdeenshire.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Boddam%2C_Aberdeenshire.JPG/440px-Boddam%2C_Aberdeenshire.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Former fishing cottages and outbuildings with converted railway wagon</figcaption></figure> <p>Today, Boddam serves largely as a commuter settlement for Aberdeen and Peterhead although an involvement in the fishing industry still continues on a small scale, in particular for lobster. </p><p>Despite Boddam and <a href="/wiki/Stirling_Village" title="Stirling Village">Stirling Village</a> possessing three hotels or inns, tourism in the area is at a low level. </p><p>The remains of Boddam Castle lie in a ruinous state, although Earl's Lodge, for many years a hotel and which had previously been gutted in a fire, was repaired as a private home in 2006. </p><p>Information boards for the castle have recently been erected and <a href="/wiki/Clan_Keith" title="Clan Keith">Clan Keith</a> reunions from America have been invited to visit whilst in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The village has yet retained public facilities such a post office, two hotels and an inn, a library, fish and chip shop, local shop, two car garages, a public hall and a local primary school.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An innovative <a href="/wiki/Carbon_capture_and_storage" title="Carbon capture and storage">carbon capture</a> scheme at the power station which had previously been shelved was brought back onto the agenda in late 2007 with the hope of new jobs for the local populace.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Monkey">Monkey</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boddam,_Aberdeenshire&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Monkey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A traditional song relates how a monkey was the only survivor from a local shipwreck and thus the villagers of Boddam could not claim salvage rights as those only applied when all had perished. One version of the first verse thus relates, </p> <dl><dd><i>A ship went out along the coast,</i></dd> <dd><i>And all the men on board were lost,</i></dd> <dd><i>Except the monkey, who climbed the mast,</i></dd> <dd><i>And the Boddamers hinged the monkey O!</i> <dl><dd><dl><dd><dl><dd><dl><dd>- Traditional<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The recently renamed "Noose and Monkey" pub in Aberdeen recalls this event rather than the infamous <a href="/wiki/Monkey_hanger" title="Monkey hanger">monkey-hanging</a> stated to have occurred in <a href="/wiki/Hartlepool" title="Hartlepool">Hartlepool</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a>. Indeed, Fiona-Jane Brown of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Aberdeen" title="University of Aberdeen">University of Aberdeen</a>, has suggested that the Hartlepool tale actually originates from an event in Boddam in 1772. She claims that a popular song about the Boddam incident was adapted over many years as it travelled down the east coast, eventually spawning a Hartlepool version.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The song relating to the latter dates no earlier than the 1850s, from famous Geordie comic singer Ned Corvan who had toured the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Lowlands" title="Scottish Lowlands">Scottish Lowlands</a> and may have used the Boddam tale as his basis, perhaps influenced by the intense rivalry between Hartlepool and <a href="/wiki/West_Hartlepool" title="West Hartlepool">Old Hartlepool</a>, at the time a separate settlement, to deride the latter. </p><p>Indeed, Boddamers for many years after the event were often (and sometimes still are) taunted by the cry <i>"Fa hangit the monkey?!"</i> ("Who hanged the monkey?") from residents of Peterhead.<sup id="cite_ref-25" 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href="/wiki/New_Pitsligo" title="New Pitsligo">New Pitsligo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterhead" title="Peterhead">Peterhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Combs" title="St Combs">St Combs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Fergus" title="St Fergus">St Fergus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strichen" title="Strichen">Strichen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuartfield" title="Stuartfield">Stuartfield</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ScotlandAberdeenshireBuchan.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ScotlandAberdeenshireBuchan.png/80px-ScotlandAberdeenshireBuchan.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ScotlandAberdeenshireBuchan.png/120px-ScotlandAberdeenshireBuchan.png 1.5x, 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Deer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rora,_Aberdeenshire" title="Rora, Aberdeenshire">Rora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stirling_Village" title="Stirling Village">Stirling Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whinnyfold" title="Whinnyfold">Whinnyfold</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Places of interest</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aden_Country_Park" title="Aden Country Park">Aden Country Park/Aberdeenshire Farming Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bullers_of_Buchan" title="Bullers of Buchan">Bullers of Buchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crimonmogate" title="Crimonmogate">Crimonmogate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deer_Abbey" title="Deer Abbey">Deer Abbey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Formartine_and_Buchan_Way" title="Formartine and Buchan Way">Formartine and Buchan Way</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loch_of_Strathbeg" title="Loch of Strathbeg">Loch of Strathbeg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterhead" title="Peterhead">Maritime Heritage Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rattray,_Aberdeenshire" title="Rattray, Aberdeenshire">Rattray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rattray_Head" title="Rattray Head">Rattray Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Slains_Castle" title="New Slains Castle">Slains Castle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Areas_and_primary_settlements_in_Aberdeenshire_(see_also:_Aberdeen_City)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link 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<small>(see also: <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen" title="Aberdeen">Aberdeen City</a>)</small></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>in <a href="/wiki/Banff_and_Buchan" title="Banff and Buchan">Banff and Buchan</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aberchirder" title="Aberchirder">Aberchirder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banff,_Aberdeenshire" title="Banff, Aberdeenshire">Banff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fraserburgh" title="Fraserburgh">Fraserburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gardenstown" title="Gardenstown">Gardenstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverallochy_and_Cairnbulg" title="Inverallochy and Cairnbulg">Inverallochy and Cairnbulg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macduff,_Aberdeenshire" title="Macduff, Aberdeenshire">Macduff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsoy" title="Portsoy">Portsoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosehearty" title="Rosehearty">Rosehearty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandhaven" title="Sandhaven">Sandhaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitehills" title="Whitehills">Whitehills</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ScotlandAberdeenshire.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/ScotlandAberdeenshire.png/80px-ScotlandAberdeenshire.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/ScotlandAberdeenshire.png/120px-ScotlandAberdeenshire.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/ScotlandAberdeenshire.png/160px-ScotlandAberdeenshire.png 2x" data-file-width="191" data-file-height="261" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>in <a href="/wiki/Buchan" title="Buchan">Buchan</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Boddam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crimond" title="Crimond">Crimond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cruden_Bay" title="Cruden Bay">Cruden Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fetterangus" title="Fetterangus">Fetterangus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatton,_Aberdeenshire" title="Hatton, Aberdeenshire">Hatton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longside" title="Longside">Longside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maud,_Aberdeenshire" title="Maud, Aberdeenshire">Maud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mintlaw" title="Mintlaw">Mintlaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Deer" title="New Deer">New Deer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Pitsligo" title="New Pitsligo">New Pitsligo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterhead" title="Peterhead">Peterhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Combs" title="St Combs">St Combs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Fergus" title="St Fergus">St Fergus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strichen" title="Strichen">Strichen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuartfield" title="Stuartfield">Stuartfield</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>in <a href="/wiki/Formartine" title="Formartine">Formartine</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balmedie" title="Balmedie">Balmedie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuminestown" title="Cuminestown">Cuminestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellon,_Aberdeenshire" title="Ellon, Aberdeenshire">Ellon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fyvie" title="Fyvie">Fyvie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newburgh,_Aberdeenshire" title="Newburgh, Aberdeenshire">Newburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldmeldrum" title="Oldmeldrum">Oldmeldrum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pitmedden" title="Pitmedden">Pitmedden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potterton" title="Potterton">Potterton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rothienorman" title="Rothienorman">Rothienorman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarves" title="Tarves">Tarves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turriff" title="Turriff">Turriff</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>in <a href="/wiki/Garioch" title="Garioch">Garioch</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn,_Aberdeenshire" title="Blackburn, Aberdeenshire">Blackburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insch" title="Insch">Insch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverurie" title="Inverurie">Inverurie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kemnay,_Aberdeenshire" title="Kemnay, Aberdeenshire">Kemnay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kintore,_Aberdeenshire" title="Kintore, Aberdeenshire">Kintore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newmachar" title="Newmachar">Newmachar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westhill,_Aberdeenshire" title="Westhill, Aberdeenshire">Westhill</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>in <a href="/wiki/Kincardine_and_Mearns" title="Kincardine and Mearns">Kincardine and Mearns</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Drumoak" title="Drumoak">Drumoak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fettercairn" title="Fettercairn">Fettercairn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gourdon,_Aberdeenshire" title="Gourdon, Aberdeenshire">Gourdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverbervie" title="Inverbervie">Inverbervie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnshaven" title="Johnshaven">Johnshaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurencekirk" title="Laurencekirk">Laurencekirk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luthermuir" title="Luthermuir">Luthermuir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newtonhill" title="Newtonhill">Newtonhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portlethen" title="Portlethen">Portlethen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Cyrus" title="St Cyrus">St Cyrus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stonehaven" title="Stonehaven">Stonehaven</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>in <a href="/wiki/Marr,_Scotland" title="Marr, Scotland">Marr</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aboyne" title="Aboyne">Aboyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alford,_Aberdeenshire" title="Alford, Aberdeenshire">Alford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballater" title="Ballater">Ballater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banchory" title="Banchory">Banchory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braemar" title="Braemar">Braemar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntly" title="Huntly">Huntly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumphanan" title="Lumphanan">Lumphanan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarland" title="Tarland">Tarland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torphins" title="Torphins">Torphins</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Lighthouses_of_the_Northern_Lighthouse_Board" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Lighthouses_of_the_Northern_Lighthouse_Board" title="Template:Lighthouses of the Northern Lighthouse Board"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Lighthouses_of_the_Northern_Lighthouse_Board" title="Template talk:Lighthouses of the Northern Lighthouse Board"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Lighthouses_of_the_Northern_Lighthouse_Board" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Lighthouses of the Northern Lighthouse Board"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Lighthouses_of_the_Northern_Lighthouse_Board" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Lighthouse" title="Lighthouse">Lighthouses</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Lighthouse_Board" title="Northern Lighthouse Board">Northern Lighthouse Board</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> <br /> (except principal <br /> island groups)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ailsa_Craig_Lighthouse" title="Ailsa Craig Lighthouse">Ailsa Craig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardnamurchan_Lighthouse" title="Ardnamurchan Lighthouse">Ardnamurchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bass_Rock_Lighthouse" title="Bass Rock Lighthouse">Bass Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_Rock_Lighthouse" title="Bell Rock Lighthouse">Bell Rock</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Buchan_Ness_lighthouse">Buchan Ness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Wrath_Lighthouse" title="Cape Wrath Lighthouse">Cape Wrath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chanonry_Point" title="Chanonry Point">Chanonry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corran_Point_Lighthouse" title="Corran Point Lighthouse">Corran Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corsewall_Lighthouse" title="Corsewall Lighthouse">Corsewall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covesea_Skerries_Lighthouse" title="Covesea Skerries Lighthouse">Covesea Skerries</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crammag_Head_Lighthouse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Crammag Head Lighthouse (page does not exist)">Crammag Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Island_Davaar" title="Island Davaar">Davaar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncansby_Head" title="Duncansby Head">Duncansby Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunnet_Head_Lighthouse" title="Dunnet Head Lighthouse">Dunnet Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fidra#Lighthouse" title="Fidra">Fidra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fife_Ness" title="Fife Ness">Fife Ness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girdle_Ness_Lighthouse" title="Girdle Ness Lighthouse">Girdle Ness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Island,_Firth_of_Clyde" title="Holy Island, Firth of Clyde">Holy Island (Outer)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inchkeith" title="Inchkeith">Inchkeith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_May#Lighthouses" title="Isle of May">Isle of May</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinnaird_Head_Lighthouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Kinnaird Head Lighthouse">Kinnaird Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mull_of_Galloway" title="Mull of Galloway">Mull of Galloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mull_of_Kintyre#Lighthouse" title="Mull of Kintyre">Mull of Kintyre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Rona" title="North Rona">North Rona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noss_Head_Lighthouse" title="Noss Head Lighthouse">Noss Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pladda_Lighthouse" title="Pladda Lighthouse">Pladda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rattray_Head#Rattray_Head_lighthouse" title="Rattray Head">Rattray Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rua_Reidh_Lighthouse" title="Rua Reidh Lighthouse">Rubh Re</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Abb%27s_Head_Lighthouse" title="St Abb's Head Lighthouse">St Abbs Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanda_Island#Lighthouse" title="Sanda Island">Sanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scurdie_Ness#Scurdie_Ness_Lighthouse" title="Scurdie Ness">Scurdie Ness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoer_Head" title="Stoer Head">Stoer Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strathy" title="Strathy">Strathy Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Island_of_Stroma#Lighthouse" title="Island of Stroma">Stroma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sule_Skerry#Lighthouse" title="Sule Skerry">Sule Skerry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarbat_Ness_Lighthouse" title="Tarbat Ness Lighthouse">Tarbat Ness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turnberry_lighthouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Turnberry lighthouse">Turnberry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Northern_Lighthouse_Board_lighthouses#Scotland_(except_principal_island_groups)" title="List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses">Minor lights</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">The <a href="/wiki/Hebrides" title="Hebrides">Hebrides</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barra_Head_Lighthouse" title="Barra Head Lighthouse">Barra Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butt_of_Lewis_Lighthouse" title="Butt of Lewis Lighthouse">Butt of Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dubh_Artach" title="Dubh Artach">Dubh Artach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eilean_Glas_Lighthouse" title="Eilean Glas Lighthouse">Eilean Glas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flannan_Isles_Lighthouse" title="Flannan Isles Lighthouse">Flannan Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haskeir" title="Haskeir">Haskeir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyskeir_Lighthouse" title="Hyskeir Lighthouse">Hyskeir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eilean_Musdile" title="Eilean Musdile">Lismore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shillay,_Monach_Islands#Lighthouse" title="Shillay, Monach Islands">Monach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neist_Point_Lighthouse" title="Neist Point Lighthouse">Neist Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ornsay" title="Ornsay">Ornsay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rinns_of_Islay" title="Rinns of Islay">Rinns of Islay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rubha_nan_Gall" title="Rubha nan Gall">Rubha nan Gall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rona_Lighthouse" title="Rona Lighthouse">Rona Lighthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruvaal_Lighthouse" title="Ruvaal Lighthouse">Ruvaal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scarinish_Lighthouse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scarinish Lighthouse (page does not exist)">Scarinish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skerryvore" title="Skerryvore">Skerryvore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiumpan_Head_Lighthouse" title="Tiumpan Head Lighthouse">Tiumpan Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ushenish_Lighthouse" title="Ushenish Lighthouse">Ushenish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Northern_Lighthouse_Board_lighthouses#The_Hebrides" title="List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses">Minor lights</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Orkney" title="Orkney">Orkney</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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